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Samsung Research America

Staff, Interaction Designer

Samsung Research America, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199


Lab Summary:

Scroll down the page to see all associated job requirements, and any responsibilities successful candidates can expect.Samsung Design Innovation Center, located in San Francisco, is opening a Computational Design Lab, reinventing the way we design products and manufacturing with computational design, AI an ML. In this new dynamic lab, we will solve inspirational and complex design problems to spark creativity, to optimize design concepts, and to design innovative products for the present and the future. The lab will engage with various internal teams across the world to create globally-impacting designs by collecting data, developing models, and applying computations.

We are looking for talented designers and creative technologists to join our group and bring new energy to our process. You should be ready to help at all stages of product design, from identifying unmet and latent needs, discovering new design opportunities, designing new product concepts to applying technology creatively to solve real user problems and create radically new experiences that re-imagine the way we interact with products.

Samsung Design Innovation Center is one of the leading overseas design studios in Samsung. Our mission is to understand people and lifestyles to deliver meaningful experiences, through beautiful yet functional design, enabled by innovative cutting-edge technologies.

The studio is working on various advanced product experiences which can shape the future of Samsung Businesses, working with various internal teams through experience-driven approach. Our work appears on smartphones, tablets, computers, televisions, wearables, and other devices we can’t describe yet. See some of our work at http://design.samsung.com/global/contents/sdic/

Position Summary:

Interaction Designer is responsible for creating beautiful, functional and desirable interfaces and services across a wide array of technologies. You will need to understand how people use products, systems, or services to craft the desired user experience. Ability to understand all the touch-points and be capable of using research insights to build customer-centric solutions that define working principles for UX, products, services, and technologies.

We are interested in passionate and self-motivated individuals who are comfortable in a highly fluid environment. You will bring drive, smarts, and curiosity; we will provide the environment for you to thrive and grow.

Strong experiences in User Experience and Interaction Design

Ability to think and act strategically and proactively

Dedicated and strong attention to detail

Strong time management skills

Resource and project management skills

Ability to facilitate a creative workshop with a variety of stakeholders

A strong sense of self-motivation and a creative approach to problem solving

Ability to collaborate well across disciplines for creating impactful solutions

Ability to communicate effectively both internally and externally at all levels

Have a growth mindset and a desire to learn continuously

Achieve teamwork between mutual respect, collective responsibility, and shared commitment to project success

Position Responsibilities:

Conceptualize, visualize and develop ideas for products and take them from germinal to shippable

Wireframing, conceptualizing, rapid prototyping, user-testing, interaction design, and visual design

Collaboration! Work on products and features in close collaboration with other Designers and Engineers

Crafting experiences that accomplish appropriately set goals, successfully

Building ideas that turn complex and confusing into simple and understandable

Developing various fidelity prototypes for iterative design throughout the project

Knowing how to ask the right questions based on learning objectives and conducting user testing alone and/or with peers

Extending beyond expectations to push ideas forward

Travel International and Domestic and work overtime when needed

Required Skills:

Bachelor’s Degree/Master’s Degree preferred in Design, HCI, Product Management, Engineering, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience

8+ years of UX Design with Project Management/Leadership, User experience/Interaction

Understand user behaviors and interactions of products and services and create compelling product solutions based on their behaviors

Strong HCI (human-computer interaction) skills and strong user research appetite

Strong understanding of design thinking, design principles, and experience design methodologies and their applications

Design hypothesis development, prototyping & testing, sketching & visualizing bold ideas and user scenarios

Identify new opportunities and business value for UX innovation and differentiation with technology enablers

Pitching and communicating the UX/UI concept to stakeholders

Documentation creation: Scenarios, Wireframes, Visual Design, low & high-fidelity mockups, and prototypes

Time management skills, attention to detail, and ability to think and act strategically and proactively

Be clear, concise, have transparent communication style, willing to take action, and open to starting a project, idea, concept from scratch

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